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BETTER FRUIT 



March, 1922 



English Appreciation of Our Apples 



From a London Coreespondent 



GROWERS in the Far Northwest will 

 be interested in learning that their 

 movements do not escape notice on this side 

 of the Atlantic. English consumers have 

 long appreciated the value of the fruits 

 from the Pacific Coast, but probably never 

 more than now, since, if it were not for 

 the imports from the West, apples would 

 be an expensive luxury, and, ill these days 

 of financial stringency, beyond the reach 

 of the majority of the general public. 



That leading London journal. The Daily 

 Telegriifk, which keeps its readers well 

 informed on events throughout the world, 

 including fruit growing operations, has 

 recently focused attention upon the pro- 

 ducts of the Pacific Coast, making part- 

 icular allusion to the transport facilities 

 afforded by the new Panama route. As 

 the writer points out, the apples, so far, 

 have arrived in excellent condition. 



Prominence is being given to the fruit 

 at Covent Garden, particularly in the show 

 rooms of Messrs. T. J. Poupart, Ltd. and 

 the comments which the display has 

 prompted will doubtless be read with in- 

 terest by growers among whom Better 

 Fruit circulates. The article says; 



"In no part of the world is the fruit- 

 growing industry characterised by greater 

 efficiency and enterprise than in the Far 

 Northwest. Old methods are readily re- 

 linquished in order to afford play to new 

 ideas, and this spirit of progress is now 

 finding expression in a forward movement 

 that has for its object a wider distribution 

 of the fruits produced on the Pacific Coast. 

 .•\llusion has occasionally been made to 

 the possibilities of the Panama Canal in 

 relation to the fruit industry in that part 

 of the world. Last season, apples were 

 forwarded to Europe by this route, -.nd 

 early this year, 1921, it was used by che 

 California Fruit Growers' Exchange for the 



consignment of a quantity of oranges and 

 lemons. These departures from the trans- 

 continental line were experimental, and 

 the bulk of the fruit products continued 

 to travel across the American Continent to 

 be shipped at ports on the East Coast. 



"But the experiments were attended with 

 so much success that this season has pro- 

 duced a radical change of policy in regard 

 to transport, and growers in British Colum- 

 bia, California, Oregon and Washington arc 

 now exporting apples regularly through the 

 canal for Europe." 



After pointing to the additional refri- 

 gerator space that is now being provided 

 upon steamers for the conveyance of fruit 

 from the Pacific Coast the writer adds: 



"T?XTENSIVE as the fruit growing in- 

 ■■-^dustry is in British Columbia and the 

 western states of America, it is rapidly ex- 

 panding and the prosperity of the growers 

 depends largely upon the popularity of 

 their products in foreign markets. Hence 

 the regulations that govern grading and 

 packing operations, the inspection of the 

 fruit intended for consumption abroad, and 

 the efficiency of the organization among the 

 growers, which is such an important factor 

 in promoting the export trade. 



"This western enterprise is not without 

 interest to consumers in this country. For 

 flavor, there is no apple in the world 

 superior to that grown in England. But 

 at the present time, when the majority of 

 English apples have been marketed, we 

 depend largely for our fruit upon Canada 

 and the United States and, owing to the 

 bumper harvest in the Far West the bulk 

 of our supplies come from the Pacific 

 Coast. There is no necessity to dwell upon 

 the importance of these consignments in 

 relation to prices. They mean cheaper 

 apples. But more important than price, is 



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